englischDid Protestant communities really have ‘credit everywhere’, as Max Weber observed? This study addresses this perspective for a possible explanation of the much-discussed connection between religion and economic success, using the example of the Moravian Church. This Protestant group secured [...]

englischThis historical study analyses German multinationals’ business strategies in independent India. It deals with economic and political expectations relating to the Indian market against the backdrop of Cold War tensions and analyses the positioning of Indo–German joint ventures within this [...]

englischThe nobility of the pre-modern era did not seem to be familiar with the logic and rationalities of economic life. Noble families’ lives were assumed to revolve around luxury, tend towards excessive expenditure and be permanently threatened with ruin. Nevertheless, that is only one side of [...]

englischFor a number of German companies, takeovers were and still are integral components of their corporate strategies. Nevertheless, the systematic examination of acquisition processes plays a minor part in business history. This study examines the acquisition strategy employed by Henkel, a [...]

englischBusiness history has so far examined the ‘security’ of enterprises primarily from the perspective of risk. The contributions in this volume apply the approach of historical security studies to business history and examine cases of dynamic historical negotiations of security since the late [...]

englischIn the Federal Republic of Germany, consumer politics has developed into a cross-sectional task with a broad scope in terms of content and of great vertical and horizontal complexity in terms of structure. A multitude of actors from civil society, finance and politics contributed to its [...]

englischThe transnational focus of this anthology on the cross-border flow of goods, capital, people and the institutions involved in the Rhine economy adds new insights to existing knowledge of national and local histories. Both the history of the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine [...]

Rohölpipelines veränderten die Ölversorgung Westeuropas grundlegend und trugen zum wirtschaftlichen Aufschwung nach 1945 bei. Obwohl der Infrastrukturbau in den 1950ern als genuin staatliche Aufgabe galt, planten und bauten Privatkonzerne ein westeuropäisches Pipelinenetz. Doch aus welchem Kalkül [...]

englischThe ‘Economic and Social History of Modern Europe’ series seeks to present research which deals with the history of European interconnections and interdependence, differentiation and division of labour in the 20th century. We are seeking not country comparisons, but rather “European” [...]

Betriebliche Sozialpolitik verlor nach 1945 trotz des Ausbaus des Sozialstaats nicht ihre Bedeutung. Zunehmend gewannen weitere Akteure Einfluss auf die Sozialleistungen, die sich auch durch neue Rahmenbedingungen wandelten. Am Beispiel zweier Großbetriebe untersucht die Autorin länderübergreifend [...]